Even though Motorola hasn't gained the amount of praise we'd want it to have for its 2013 line-up, that doesn't change the fact that the company did raise the bar significantly with devices like the Moto X. You can fully interact with the device without having to pick-it-up, and as sci-fi as that would've sounded just a year ago, people have become fond of its simplicity and accuracy. That said, even though the company has gained a new owner, it hasn't stopped working on improving its offerings. The company's Touchless controls app will soon be enhanced with a new "What's up" command that ...

Of all of Motorola's smartphones, the Moto G may be the one we're most infatuated with at the moment, but as we pointed out in our recent review, the phone's not without its faults. After all, you've got to make cuts somewhere in order to deliver a handset as eminently affordable as the Moto G is, and one of the features that ended up on the chopping block was the very useful Touchless Control. Luckily, Motorola's other recent Androids do have access to the app, and today are seeing an update bring it some new functionality. We already know that certain Google Now queries can be run with ...

Thanks to Motorola's custom chipset architecture, the X8 mobile computing system, the Motorola X is always listening for its owner's voice. "Okay, Google Now" is the magic phrase that queues a Google search from standby without ever having to touch the phone. But we all know Google Now is about more than just Google searches. Google is a powerful information tool, and the Google Search application built into (almost) every Android smartphone is a robust tool for voice commands. But going totally hands-free makes many of those voice commands even more useful. Watch this video to learn the ...